[HDTV] Thread #234645345

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proton

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I just got an HDTV for my 360. I kept upping the HDTV output, and I guess the TV doesn't support 1080p...but it does support 1080i. So, I have heard on here that 720p > 1080i, and I know the difference between progressive and interlaced, but can someone definitively tell me which is better? To be honest I can't really notice a difference between the two.

and is there a reason the TV supports 1080i and not 1080p?

Thanks.
 
proton said:
and is there a reason the TV supports 1080i and not 1080p?

Thanks.
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Of course there's a reason for it. 1080p is literally twice the horizontal resolution... you probably should've known this before you bought the TV. Take a look around at the prices for 1080p sets and maybe you'll understand.
 
amRam said:
Of course there's a reason for it. 1080p is literally twice the horizontal resolution... you probably should've known this before you bought the TV. Take a look around at the prices for 1080p sets and maybe you'll understand.
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I don't need a 1080p set, I just bought a tv that was nice. It looks fine to me, 720p looks pretty damn good.

edit: i was just wondering whether 720p or 1080i is supposedly better and why.
 
a TV that supports 1080i but not 1080p is most likely 720p native (no displays except CRTs actually display interlaced video)
so, 1080i video will be deinterlaced and scaled down to 720p

you end up with a choice between:
720p directly from the 360
720p after converting 1080i from the 360, which has half the framerate

a still image of either will probably look the same, but setting the 360 to output 720p gets you twice the framerate
 
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